Community
Time to update your 4-Digit listing
January 22, 2026
It’s the time of year to check on and update your listing in the 4-Digit Phone Book.
Do you have a new number? Do you want to switch to or add your cell number? If you have a residence on t…
Final three named to parking group
January 22, 2026
Ganong, Spurgeon and Kenan finish out 15 on Lee panel
The Lee County Board of Commissioners met for the first time this year on Tuesday, Jan. 20. Commissioner Kevin Ruane recapped the Jan. 13 joi…
Paving for Pioneer Trail, revisions to building height definitions on Jan. 27
January 22, 2026
The agenda for Charlotte County’s Jan. 27, 2026, Regular and Land Use Meeting includes a change order regarding the Rotonda West/Pioneer Trail Annual Paving Program, which includes extending the con…
Fashion Show benefits Honor Flight
January 22, 2026
The Rotonda West American Legion Post 113 held a Fashion Show to benefit Southwest Florida Honor Flight on Saturday night. Models were from SWFL Honor Flight, the Englewood and Boca Grande Communiti…
She said yes!
January 22, 2026
John Paul Turner of Boca Grande, son of Kathleen and James Turner, and Savannah Dunmire of Tampa, daughter of Bonnie and Alex Dunmire, announce their engagement. The couple became engaged on Dec…
New Farlow’s restaurant Chophouse285 anchors Englewood’s Dearborn Street
January 15, 2026
On Jan. 8, local restaurateurs Keith and Laurie Farlow, owners of the Englewood restaurant Farlow’s on the Water, opened Chophouse285 on Dearborn Street.
They bill themselves as the only restaura…
Charlotte meets on beach access; Placida park project moves forward
January 15, 2026
At their Tuesday, Jan. 13, meeting the Charlotte County commissioners approved a list of suggestions regarding the Boca Grande parking ordinance they will present to the Lee County commissioners for…
Lee Commission
January 15, 2026
The Lee County Board of County Commissioners will hold a meeting on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. The agenda includes an official swearing in for Commissioner Trish Petrosky of District 5…
Dog tag owner found, but mystery as to how tag beached
January 15, 2026
Above, Scozzafava awards Laffaire with a diving coin. Photo by Matt
In July 2024, Marie-Laure Laffaire was visiting Gasparilla Island from Paris, France. For years, she and her three children alw…
Bridge traffic up 7 percent for year
January 15, 2026
Above, the new “Share the Road” bike pavement markings this week. Photo by Garland
The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority held committee meetings Wednesday, Jan. 14 at the newly remediated admini…











